Denver Post: Sports

Nikola Jokic started to address the topic percolating around the Nuggets’ locker room even before the question was done.
He wasn’t interested in discussing his budding MVP case.
“That’s individual thing,” he said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Twins will retire Joe Mauer’s No. 7 jersey next season, making a swift move to honor the homegrown player and six-time All-Star who recently retired after a 15-year major league career.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Five games into the season, second-year Avalanche forward J.T. Compher suffered a concussion, suddenly putting a halt to a year with with so much promise. He missed 16 games from Oct.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The Nuggets are going through an identity crisis that they’re more than happy to indulge.
For three years under coach Michael Malone, the Nuggets (20-9) had rolled out defensive outfits that ranked 23rd, 29th, and 25th, respectively, in the NBA.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

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During his introductory press conference on Dec. 6, new Colorado head football coach Mel Tucker said his Buffaloes would be tough. Recruiting power in the trenches will certainly help in that regard and last weekend, the Buffaloes added a lot of muscle.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The fallout from a punch and an alleged postgame assault at the Grandview versus Regis Jesuit girls basketball game last week remains unclear, with CHSAA yet to come to a decision.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

NEW YORK — Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice says he’s not speaking out against domestic violence as a way to rejoin the NFL.
Appearing Tuesday in a “CBS This Morning” interview with his wife, Janay, Rice said he sees similarities with himself after a video showed Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt shoving and kicking a woman at a hotel last month.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

For Ty Evans, the route to signing with North Carolina State on Wednesday has been far from a straight line.
There was little doubt the highly-touted Palmer Ridge quarterback would have his pick of schools from the time he was a sophomore, when he threw for 3,130 yards and 30 touchdowns to put himself on the national recruiting map.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

So close, you can smell it.
Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay needs just nine more yards to become the sixth Denver player to reach 1,000 yards rushing in their rookie season.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Coach: Jon Gruden (first year of second stint with Raiders; 98-92 overall in 12 years).
Record: 3-11 (fourth in AFC West).
Last week: Lost 30-16 at Cincinnati.
Next week: at Kansas City.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The Avalanche didn’t deserve to win Monday because its high-powered offense wasn’t clicking against the New York Islanders and the goaltending was again below average. Goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped just 17-of-20 shots for a .850 save percentage — the fourth time in his last five starts that number has been below .900.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Broncos linebacker Shane Ray and safety Su’a Cravens reacted Monday about being healthy scratches for Saturday’s loss to the Cleveland Browns.
Ray was benched in favor of rookie Jeff Holland, who made his NFL debut.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Jamal Murray had no intention of letting the Dallas Mavericks snap Denver’s rollicking winning streak.
“We can win any game,” Murray said Tuesday. “I think our mentality is not that we need to win, but that we’re going to win.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The Colorado Rapids Soccer Club are making moves this month to bolster their attack and on Tuesday acquired another proven MLS striker, Diego Rubio from Sporting Kansas City.
The Rapids announced Rubio was acquired from Sporting KC in exchange for Kelyn Rowe plus $300,000 in allocation money.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Situated near timberline just east of Breckenridge with sweeping views of the Gore and Tenmile ranges, the new Sisters Cabin will open Jan. 12. It is the first new hut in the Summit Huts Association network in 20 years.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

It’s easy to overcomplicate the best indicator for success on an NFL run play.
Innovative pre-snap motion to distract and read is effective, but when rookie running back Phillip Lindsay surveys the opponent from his backfield, it becomes mostly a numbers game.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The points have not piled up at such a dizzying rate in recent weeks for the New Orleans Saints. Talk of the year of the unstoppable offenses in the NFL — those of the Saints, Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs — has quieted a bit.

The word is getting out about Lucas Siewert.
Two games ago, in a Dec. 8 home win against Illinois-Chicago, the junior forward suddenly found himself the center of the attention of the Flames’ defense.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Front Range Nesting Bald Eagle Studies founder Dana Bove spends his days along the Boulder/Weld county line staring through a spotting scope at the bald eagle nests that dot the area.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share